The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-26
FLORIDA.


The report that the site for the new gov
ernment building at Jacksonville had been
decided on was entirely erroneous.
Petitions are being circulated over Orange
county praying for the creation of Court
of Criminal Record, as provided for in ar
ticle 5, section "A of the constitution
The business of the Southern Express
Office in st. Augustine during December
January, February and March shows an in
crease over the preceding year of $4,667 3D.
Plans for the reconstruction of the First
National Bank building at st. Augustine
We're submitted to the Common Council
Tuesday evening and accepted. Work on
that edifice will begin at once.
Capt Rose has sent orders to put in $50
acres of rice at st. Cloud After this crop
is harvested the land will be put into sugar
cane, and by the time it is ready to harvest
Capt Rose expects his sugar mill win be
ready to transform the cane into sugar and
syrup.
Fernandina Mirror: The SAVANNAH
NEWS appeared last Thursday in an entirely
new outfit, looking as bright and clean as a
new fve-dollar gold piece This old repre-
sentative of the press has all the vigor and
vitality of youth, retaining its prestige as
one Of the leading dailies, not only of the
South but of the United States.
Relic hunters on the site of the ST. Angus
tine hotel have been rewarded with many
curious mementoes of the great fire, although
little of intrinsic worth has yet been found.
A few gold and silver coins, some melted
jewelry, and a few worthless watches with
works welded in compact mass, have been
picked up by those authorized to rake the
ruins. A considerable quantity of badly
damaged sllVerware-such as knives, forks
and sp9Uns-comprise the bulk of discoveries
tbUs'far.
Y vt public meeting held at the opera
" Use at st. Augustine on Friday evening,
attended by many citizens, the Bishop and
reverend fathers, it was decided TO rebuild the
old cathedral, retaining the present walls
and constructing a large addition, with
wings across the rear Committees will be
| announced by the Bishop to solicit subscrip-
| tions III st. Augustine, where it is expected
| the livellest interest will be manifested in
the restoration of this time-honored edifice
| The proposed enlargement will be built
across the rear, giving TO the ground plan
| the appearance of a cross. The architect
| left for New York on Thursday on impor-
tant business concerning the reconstruction
| of this ancient edifice.
| ST. Augustine Weekly: That was an ami
mated scene in front of the Council chamber
and lookup on Monday when the supposed
| firebugs were led into town by mounted
horsemen and arraigned before his honor
the Mayor. Hundreds of men, women and
| children thronged Hospital street to witness
the expected hanging" for public senti-
ment had been wrought up TO such pitch
| that had sufficient evidence of guilt been
| produced against the prisoners, the star
| eyed goddess would have been avenged on
| the spot by the authority of Justice Lynch.
| 1t transpired, however, that the captured
"tirebugs" were only vagabond tIamps, and
| thus the preparation of an outrage almost
| hoH hot nY ioY
| happily averted. At this writing the fever
heat has subsidized, aud the old town has re-
| sumed its normal condition, save the habit
I that many have formed of sleeping with one
| eye open and small arsenal within easy
reach in every bedroom in the city. Woe TO
the unhappy man who attempts to apply
the firebrand now if caught in the fiendish
| act
In the thunder storm which prevailed at
| Pensacola Saturday morning, the flag staff
in front of j. L. Borras' premises, corner of
Government and Baylen streets, was struck
near the top by a thunderbolt, the fuid
going through and down the mast in semi
spiral manner, burying itself in the ground.
Long strips of wood, taken out as, on a
smaller scale, boy would shave stick he
| might have been whiting, lay upon the
ground near at hand. Mr. Borras had but
recently put the mast up, and
he lis in doubt now as to whether it
has acted as lightning rod and saved his
house, or whether its height proved an at
traction that would not have been afforded
in the more lowly constructed dwelling.
The conclusion from a sharp clap in the
same storm shivered into atoms pane OF
glass 26x32 inches in Mr.. Joseph Simpsons
residence on the hill. In the same storm
| the lightning struck the nidshipS flag staff
of the tug Mary Witch, which was at the
time two miles outside the sea buoy. break
ing the head of that mast, going thence into
the pilot house, passing close to Capt.
Fauria, who was at the wheel, and bound
ing on to the wheel rope, went down on
deck into the fireroom window and out tho
door. Not a soul was injured. although the
fluid passed close 10 every person on hoard.
The residence OF William Williams on the
beach, in the western part Of TIE city, was
also struck by n bolt, which roamed around
promiscuously through the building, knock
ing down plastellng, pictures. luUntcl orna-
meuts, ctc., and badly scorching the parol
looliingelass. No one was i'll the least In
jurcd, although every room was occupied
| by sleepers.